Soyuz: The Research Network for Postsocialist Cultural Studies

The Soyuz Listserv moved to H-Net in 2006! We are now also H-Soyuz

Soyuz is formally constituted as the Post-Communist Cultural Studies Interest Group of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) and is also recognized as an official unit of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS). It is also more broadly conceived, as a group of anthropologists and other scholars working in postsocialist studies. We gather at AAA and AAASS meetings in North America and here on the web to distribute information on our projects. Current officers of Soyuz

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Soyuz Symposium 2010!

"Old and New Discourses and Ideologies of Power:
Postsocialist Perspectives"
April 9-10, 2010 at Northwestern University

Deadline for abstracts is February 13th, 2010

click here to see the Call for Papers

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Featured Soyuz Member Book

Grant, Bruce and Lale Yalçin-Heckmann. 2007. Caucasus Paradigms: Anthropologies, Histories and the Making of a World Area. Halle Studies in the Anthropology of Eurasia Vol. 13. Berlin: LIT Verlag.

Click here to see the H-Net review by Sam Schueth

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Soyuz Elections Results

Congratulations to our new officers and many thanks to the outgoing officers for their contributions to Soyuz!

Convenor: Erin Koch (erin.koch@uky.edu)

Programming Coordinator: Joseph Crescente (jjc464@nyu.edu)

Secretary: Elitza Ranova (eranova@rice.edu)

Webmaster and Interim Listserv Editor: Jennifer Dickinson (soyuz@uvm.edu)

Book Review Editor: Lora Koycheva (lorakoycheva2012@u.northwestern.edu)

Student Representative: Inna Leykin (Inna_Leykin@brown.edu)

Special elections will be held in late October for the open positions of Listserv Editor and Book Review Editor (member books). To nominate yourself or suggest a candidate, email the Erin Koch (erin.koch@uky.edu) by October 1.

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2009 Soyuz Symposium

"Global Socialisms and Postsocialisms"

April 24-25, 2009
Department of Anthropology
Yale University, New Haven, CT

Click here for the symposium poster and program

Click here for a brief summary of the symposium written by Rossen Djagalov, Comparative Literature Department, Yale University

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H-Soyuz book reviews are now linked on our H-Soyuz space! Click here to see recent H-Net reviews done by Soyuz members.

You can view Soyuz book reviews and listings of featured books by clicking here.

To suggest a recent book in postsocialist cultural studies for review, please contact our editors.

The H-Soyuz Book Review Editor is Lora Koycheva(email Johanna)

The H-Soyuz Book Review Editor position focusing on Soyuz Member Books is currently up for election.

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New Features!

Browse a list of recent books in postsocialist studies, including books by Soyuz members

Check out Soyuz members' syllabi for classes in postsocialist studies